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which prevails in both the Hyderabad and 

 Khyrpoor families. His retainers, Kardars, 

 men of business, are foreigners, and his troops, 

 of whom he keeps a considerable standing force, 

 are composed entirely of mercenaries from Hin- 

 dustan, Cabool, the Punjaub, and Bhawulpoor. 

 Beloochee feudalism forms a secondary part of 

 his system, and thus was completely at variance 

 with the usage of his country, and he has thus 

 stood in an isolated position, as it were, from 

 his brother chiefs. It is easy to perceive that 

 ambition must, in the first instance, have in- 

 duced Ali Moorad to pursue a policy so dia- 

 metrically opposed to the form of government 

 and practices of his forefathers, and he, proba- 

 bly, anticipated some rupture at the Hydera- 

 bad or Khyrpoor courts, when he would have 

 made a dash, aided by foreign troops, at the 

 power of the whole; such plans, if devised, 

 would have hardly succeeded, but latterly he 

 became closdy connected with the British Go- 

 vernment, and his views, if they were so di- 

 rected, were unexpectedly matured, and pro- 

 duced a premature result he could formerly 

 have little anticipated, as will be understood 

 hereafter." 



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